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Trump Plaza Hotel & Casino closed its doors early Tuesday

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vixen777

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A downward spiral that saw it ranked last among the city's casinos ended Tuesday morning as about a half-dozen gamblers who stayed to the end got up from the lone blackjack table in operation or from a few slot machines and walked out beneath the dozens of glittery chandeliers for the last time.

Dealer Ruth Hardrick worked at Trump Plaza for 26 of its 30 years, but is now without a job. She's in a large group: About 8,000 Atlantic City casino workers have lost their jobs this year,
and another 3,000 could join them if Trump Plaza's parent company makes good on its threat to shutter the Trump Taj Mahal Casino resort in November.

"What's the next step? Where do we go from here?" she asked. "It's happening all over. A lot of us are in the same boat. You think something will come along (to save the casino). And it didn't."

Atlantic City began the year with 12 casinos. It now has eight.

Unlike Revel, which opened just over two years ago and was considered new and luxurious before closing, or the still-profitable Showboat, shuttered by its owner in the name of
reducing competition for the remaining casinos in town, the demise of Trump Plaza could be seen a long way off.

Despite its prime location at the heart of the Boardwalk and the end of the Atlantic City Expressway (its motto had been "The Center Of It All"), gamblers have been abandoning
Trump Plaza for newer, ritzier casinos for years. Its owners, Trump Entertainment Resorts, let it deteriorate in recent years, particularly after a sale for the bargain-basement price of $20 million to a California firm fell through last year.


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I could still remember entering the doors of the Trump Plaza in AC after idling away time walking in the AC boardwalk. Sad that this is happening, a lot of land based casinos are looking at closing down there. I just hope that the staff will be taken cared of with their separation pay until they are able to look for a new job.
 

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I could still remember entering the doors of the Trump Plaza in AC after idling away time walking in the AC boardwalk. Sad that this is happening, a lot of land based casinos are looking at closing down there. I just hope that the staff will be taken cared of with their separation pay until they are able to look for a new job.
Its very sad, so many have lost their jobs with these 3 casinos closing this year.
 

ladygambler

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What could possibly have gone wrong, after all these years? AC used to be so popular back then.
 

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I don't know its weird, when I go to AC its soooooo crowded!! So makes no sense to me why all these casinos are closing!:think
 

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Or maybe less and less visit land based casinos and just gamble through online casinos?
 

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To be honest, it’s highly shocking and disappointing to learn this. The worst thing is that Atlantic City has seen so many good casinos shut down in a short time period of just one year. Unfortunately, this sequence is still going on and more and more reputed casinos are going to hell in a handcart. I am feeling extremely bad for Trump Plaza Hotel & Casino. Imagine, AC started with 12 casinos this year and it’s left with 8 only!
I have come to know that there are several casinos under construction in AC right now. Let’s hope they’ll be as good as others that we are left with, if at all they are able to survive.
 

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This is very sad to me. When I lived in PA I visited AC more than I care to admit......seriously care to admit.

I remember going to the very first casino (Resorts) and watching all the rest being built afterwards with anticipation. We often played at Trump Plaza and stayed there with and without our children. The boardwalk is a great place to have a gaming hub because of the beach & boardwalk. It is a place families can visit. When our children were young we played outside during the day and took turns playing inside at night and if I was lucky to bring a sitter we played inside at night at the same time.... I have to admit the boardwalk can be a bit rough at night (same with Vegas) but during the day the kids loved it. We just kept them inside during the night. MY favorite NJ casino was the Sands which closed in 2006.

This is sad indeed because so many people are out of work because of the change in the economy. I think some of the decline may have started during the recession. Sands closed shortly before it officially began and people spent less money at the casinos and that is when the odds seemed to change and we started winning less and less. I know the same slots I play today do not pay or play the same as they did before. I hear it all the time, we take the same amount of money to the casino and play half as long before we run out. It seems now I am taking twice as much with me today and I know I am still playing half as long even with more money to play with...

I am sure many people gave up playing or playing as much when the economy was volatile and people were out of work. I was out of work for 16 months before getting my new job 2 1/2 years ago and we stopped playing totally. AZ has the one of the lowest unemployment payments maxed per week at $240. A week after I got my new job my husband was out of work for 8 months. I know many families in the same situation but some with both parents out of work at the same time so I felt blessed that my husband was still working.

While people are back to work they may have realized that spending their money at casinos that do not provide the same entertainment value may not be as exciting anymore. I also think gambling online may have something to do with it... but to tell you the truth, if the casinos payed like they did in the past I would rather go there after work than sit in my home playing. Unfortunate for the workers indeed.
 

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I am sure many people gave up playing or playing as much when the economy was volatile and people were out of work. I was out of work for 16 months before getting my new job 2 1/2 years ago and we stopped playing totally. AZ has the one of the lowest unemployment payments maxed per week at $240. A week after I got my new job my husband was out of work for 8 months. I know many families in the same situation but some with both parents out of work at the same time so I felt blessed that my husband was still working.

Yep I agree most stopped traveling to AC so much when the crunch happened..
 

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Now Taj Mahal is closing this week as well. Out of 10, there are only going to be 4 left on the Boardwalk. Very very sad!!
 

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Yes,very sad and that really sucks for all those employees that have lost their jobs huhhwtff
 

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